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NEW REFORM FOR GIRL CRIMINALS; English Scheme Which Is Educational Rather Than Punitive. BORSTAL SYSTEM AT WORK How Prisoners Are Taught to Support Themselves Honestly and Become Worthy Members of Society.

By ELIZABETH S. CHESSER, M.B. ();

December 27, 1908,

The establishment of the Borstal system for boy offenders has proved one of the most satisfactory prison reforms of recent years. Through its agency large numbers of boy criminals have been rescued and converted by discipline and training into good citizens, capable of earning an honest living on their discharge.

December 27, 1908

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